Willy Bocklant
Willy Bocklant (1967) | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | January 26, 1941 |
date of death | June 6, 1985 |
nation | Belgium |
discipline | Road cycling |
Team (s) | |
1962 1963 1964–1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
Faema Faema-Flandria Flandria-Romeo Mann-Grundig Flandria-De Clerck Pull Over Centrale-Motte Pull Over Centrale-Tasmania-Novy |
Most important successes | |
1964 : Liège – Bastogne – Liège |
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Last updated: August 16, 2015 |
Willy Bocklant (also Willy Bocklandt ) (born January 26, 1941 in Bellegem , † June 6, 1985 in Mouscron ) was a Belgian cyclist .
Willy Bocklant was the son of cyclist Robert Bocklant, who raced in the 1940s. He himself began his athletic career as a competitive athlete in the late 1950s. In 1960 he won two stages as well as the overall classification of the Triptyque Ardennaise and the Circuit Franco-Belge , and the following year the GP Stan Ockers .
In 1962 Bocklant became a professional. The following year he decided the Tour de Romandie for himself and again the GP Stan Ockers . In 1964 he won the Tour of Piedmont and Liège – Bastogne – Liège and in 1965 the Grand Prix d'Isbergues, the Brabant Arrow , Brussels – Ingooigem and one stage each from Paris – Nice and the Tour de Romandie . In 1966 he suffered a serious fall, after which he could no longer build on his previous form. In 1967 he was still the winner at E3 Harelbeke .
Bocklant competed in the Tour de France three times - in 1963 , 1964 and 1965 - but was never able to finish it.
After retiring from cycling, Willy Bocklant opened a car wash, stopped doing sports and gained around 30 kilograms within two years. In 1985 he died of a heart attack at the age of 44.
Placements among the monuments of cycling
Monument to cycling | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
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Milan – Sanremo | 4th | [[Milan – Sanremo 1964 | ]] | 41 | 23 | 22nd | - | - |
Tour of Flanders | - | 38 | - | 7th | 44 | 14th | 1 |
Paris – Roubaix | - | 4th | - | 7th | 14th | 25th | 9 |
Liège – Bastogne – Liège | - | [[Liège – Bastogne – Liège 1964 | ]] | 7th | 7th | - | - | 19th |
Lombardy tour | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Web links
- Willy Bocklant in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Willy Bocklant in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Palmarès de Willy Bocklant (Bel). In: Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved August 16, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b La carrière tronquée de Bocklant. In: lavenir.net. Retrieved August 16, 2015 (French).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bocklant, Willy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bocklandt, Willy (alternative spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellegem |
DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1985 |
Place of death | Mouscron |